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Austin, TX: A Smart Grid Case Study

Austin, TX: A Smart Grid Case Study. Brian Kebbekus kebbe913@gmail.com. The Pecan Street Project. City of Austin Austin Energy The University of Texas Austin Technology Incubator Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce Environmental Defense Fund. Why Austin?.

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Austin, TX: A Smart Grid Case Study

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  1. Austin, TX:A Smart Grid Case Study Brian Kebbekus kebbe913@gmail.com

  2. The Pecan Street Project • City of Austin • Austin Energy • The University of Texas • Austin Technology Incubator • Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce • Environmental Defense Fund

  3. Why Austin? Limited Federal Regulation and Local Support

  4. Grid Isolation Lack of Federal Regulation Speeds Project

  5. Support for Green Energy • University of Texas • GreenChoice • Panhandle wind • Solar

  6. Corporate Partners • Dell • IBM • Oracle • Cisco • Microsoft • Applied Materials • GE Energy • Intel • Sematech Silicon Wafers

  7. Austin Energy’s Goals More Than Just Usage Control

  8. What’s Already in Place • A new 30MW solar plant • Data network • 1M residential smart meters • 43K business smart meters • 86K smart thermostats (90MW) • 2 net-zero consumption neighborhoods • Rebates and financing for distributed solar • Austin is still making money

  9. Austin’s Goals • Decrease carbon emissions by 17-20% by 2020 • Increase renewable energy generation to 30-36% of total capacity • Increased efficiency • Easier usage monitoring for consumers • New business model

  10. Pecan Street Project Workgroups City as Laboratory

  11. Mueller: Proof of Concept A Comprehensive First Step

  12. Mueller Implementations • Distributed Clean Energy • Smart grid coupled with water systems • Smart Appliances • Plug-in electric vehicles as storage (V2G) • Green building codes • Experimental pricing models

  13. Smart Grid Privacy • Storage vs. load shaping • Private vs. effective • Identify non-sensitive appliances • Public education • Strong privacy policy

  14. Where does Austin go from Here?

  15. Energy Efficiency • Not dependent on other technologies • Enormous energy savings • Excellent pilot program for other cities, if not other utilities • Austin is in a unique position

  16. Expanding Mueller • More smart appliances necessary • Expanded storage • User interface optimization • More distributed generation • Incentives for add-on • Zoning requirements for new homes • Water management

  17. Expanding Energy Storage Vehicle to Grid

  18. New Technology is the Means • Smart grid allows for: • Demand shaping • Lower overall usage • Increased reliance on renewable energy • Cleaner energy, not less energy is the End

  19. New Business Model • The most important project for Austin Energy • The current business model promotes consumption • Consumers are bad at delayed gratification

  20. Two Pecan Street Proposals • Flat rate • Customers allow Austin to turn off major appliances as necessary • Customers open up their land to distributed generation • Peak-time penalties • A fallback position • Multiple ways of notifying customers • New methods of generating revenue Internet-Style Pricing Real-Time Pricing

  21. Roger Duncan,Former General ManagerAustin Energy “The demise of the ‘spinning meter’ business model is inevitable. Everyone knows it’s coming, and most people now think it’s coming pretty quickly. What has not emerged yet is its replacement. And until we know where the revenue streams will flow from and to, it doesn’t really matter what brilliant technical plan we come up with. The business model is the linchpin.”

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